Great Basking Shark photos


Keith Leeves, who runs AK Cruises, was off the Cornish coast when he took some great photos of two basking sharks.

It is the first basking sharks seen this season which started a little earlier due to the warm weather.

They were filmed on Wednesday off the Lizard Peninsula which is on the southern tip of Cornwall.

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In an effort not to disturb the animals the tour group only stayed for about 30 minutes.

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Mr. Leeves told the Mirror

“It’s so exciting to see two this early in the year. As the plankton blooms, I have seen as many as 30, but that isn’t normally until May.

“The hot weather certainly helps. You need really good sunlight and we have had a lot of that recently. The zooplankton is able to feed and this attracts the sharks.

Direct link to the video: Here

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